complex have been nonstop as russians try to wipe out ukraine s last defenders. also breaking, john roberts is calling the unprecedented leak of the supreme court draft opinion absolutely appalling. cnn was in the room as roberts spoke out for the first time since americans learned the high court is poised to overturn roe versus wade. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with an urgent new operation to evacuate civilians trapped in the mariupol steel plant where conditions are growing more dire by the hour. cnn is following the battle for mariupol from a post in western ukraine. issa, the u.n. now says another convoy is in fact heading to mariupol. what more can you tell us? reporter: very good afternoon to you, wolf. what we re hearing, this after three days of intense and very brutal shelling, that what we know and promises really by russia to create these evacuation cor
mocking way to characterize their debates. the people in the house that ,here was such a thing as truth and that if you could corral and it corral enough experts and get the facts, you could arrive at the truth. brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr. snyder: it was a political gathering place. automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members of the cast administration began inviting very prominent and not so prominent people over for dinner to discuss political ideas of the day. their main political idea was they thought that taft was a horrible president, and the way to save the country was to bring theodore roosevelt back to the white house. brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of their ideas about labor and minimum wage laws, the rights of labor unions. that was the
mocking way to characterize their debates. the people in the house that there was such a thing as truth, and that if you could corral and it corral enough experts and get the facts, you could arrive at the truth. brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr. snyder: it was a political gathering place. not a lot of automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members of the cast administration began inviting very prominent and not so prominent people over for dinner to discuss political ideas of the day. their main political idea was they thought that taft was a horrible president, and the way to save the country was to bring theodore roosevelt back to the white house. brian: why theodore roosevelt? mr. snyder: part of it was a cold personality, but also roosevelt saw the wisdom of their ideas about labor and minimum wage laws, the rights of labor unions.
watch the communicators tonight at eight eastern on c-span two. announcer: this week on q&a, law professor and author brad snyder discusses his book the house of truth, a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. brian: brad snyder, your book is called the house of truth. where did you get the title? mr. snyder: the title is what the people who lived there called the house in a self mocking way to characterize their debates. the people in the house that there was such a thing as truth, and that if you could corral and it corral enough experts and get the facts, you could arrive at the truth. this was part of their spell socko debate. their philosophical debate. brian: you said a couple of things, a salon and dupont circle. what is a salon? mr. snyder: it was a political gathering place. not a lot of automobiles, no television, little bit of radio. people entertain themselves by having dinner parties. in 1912, some disgruntled members
from a relatively obscure stice in 1912 into a liberal icon that homes leaves the court. host heast you say robert valentine was one of the most important people to get you the material you needed? robert valentine has been lost to history and past commissioner of indian affairs. and in 1911, he was living in the house of truth which was on 19th street with his wife and infant daughter and his wife and daughter went home to new england to nurse the daughter ack to help. this is how the salon took shape. the reason why valentine is two-fold. he was the house s visionary. he sort of set the agenda of the house and secondly, as you alluded his correspondence was incredibly important because valentine s writing on a daily basis about the comings and goings. and a remarkable woman who i thank in my acknowledgements was friend of valentine s daughter and granddaughter. and his papers were in a barn in rescueduntil this woman them, preserved them and donated them to the mas